Who is better, Gross or Honda?
Michael Gross leads with a GOAT score of 90.3 against 80.5 for Tomoru Honda — a gap of 9.8 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Gross vs Honda
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Michael Gross above Tomoru Honda: 90.3 vs 80.5. Michael Gross leads on Dominance, Longevity, Honours.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
GrossWinner
90.3Gross wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
Honda
80.5Honda wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇩🇪 Michael Gross
90.3
Gross leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
Honda — Insufficient verified career data to calculate a reliable GOAT Score.
1. Michael Gross
2. Tomoru Honda
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Career stage · GOAT pace
Through season 5 · Form index per season1. 🇩🇪 Michael Gross5 seasons played · career day 1,82512 major golds
Setting the pace at this stage
2. 🇯🇵 Tomoru Honda0 seasons played0 major golds
-100.0% vs Gross at the same stage
| Ghost race · career day | 30 | 100 | 365 | 1000 | 1825 | 3650 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Gross | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 22 |
| 🇯🇵 Honda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Careers are aligned from debut; the first 5 season periods are measured against the same career window.
| Metric | GrossRetired | HondaActive |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic gold medals | 3 | — |
| Olympic medals | 6 | 1 |
| World Championship titles | 5 | — |
| European titles | 13 | — |
| World records set | 12 | — |
| World Championship medals | — | 2 |
| Japanese titles | — | 5 |
| Asian Games medals | — | 2 |
| National records set | — | 1 |
| Dominance w25% | 90 | 78 |
| Peak w20% | 94 | 90 |
| Longevity w20% | 84 | 72 |
| Honours w20% | 92 | 80 |
| Statistics w15% | 92 | 84 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Gross90.3
Honda80.5
FAQ
Where does Honda beat Gross?
Honda does not lead any of the five categories; Gross is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Gross vs Honda score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Gross: 90.3, Honda: 80.5.
What do you think?
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